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Show I. k DO , FARMS ARE , . 'UNDER WATER Reports from Boxelder county are ,no the effect thai ihe farm lands are covered with water and the ground is rthoroughly soaked No spring work thaB been possible. The heavy precipitation of the past i;i rmonth has retarded spring planting ; At this date last year the early crops j had been In the ground two weeks. Unless there Is a change In the rweather. ihe spring season will be at bsast three weeks shorter than usual. fThls 1s having a depressing effect on farming, although a rapid increase in (temperature might gi-eatly improve j conditions But with a sudden warm- jlng up, floods are to be expected as itbe moisture locked in the upper val-ileys val-ileys in the form of snow and held In ithe ice fields of the deep gorges of, ,the mountain ranges, exceeds the stor j 'ge of two years ago This is the mid die of April and the winler preclpi j tation is almost untouched by the 3 j hand of spring |